120 Panama Shells. mukicid-b. 



Mazatlan; Melchersl Menke. 



Panama ; C. B. A. 1 

 Mr. Sowerby'a statement of habitat, in the Proc. Z. S., is 

 not intelligible. We found two specimens occupied by hermit 

 crabs. One of the shells is perfect and very elegant. 



134. Ranella nitida. 



Synonymy. 



Banella nitida Brod. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 1V9. Oct. 1832. 



Miill. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 99. May 1836. , 



Sowb. Conch. 111. No. 4. pi. 84. f. 4. 1841. ^ 



Kiener Iconog. p. 9. pi. 2. f. 2. 



Lam. An. sans Vert. IX. 557. No. 25. 



(Desh. ed.) 1843. 



— — — Lam. An. sans Vert. III. Pt. 2. p. 698. 



No. 25. (Desb. ed. tert.) - - 1844. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 8. f. 45. July 1844. 



Station. — Under stones ; Cuming 1 Broderip. Our specimens 

 were found under stones near low water mark. 



Habitat. — Bay of Caraccas ; Cuming I Broderip : also Eeeve : 

 also Miiller. 



Columbia; Sowerby. 



Shores of Columbia ; Kiener. 



West Columbia; Deshayes. 



Bay of Caraccas ; Jay. 



Panama; E. Jewettt Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. I 

 We collected 300 specimens. 



135. Ranella plicata. 



Synonymy. 

 Banella plicata Reeve Concb. Icon. pi. 7. f. 33, July 1844. 



Station. — Unknown. 



